Drama · Japan · 1970 · 1h 58m

Heroic Purgatory

煉獄エロイカ

Heroic Purgatory poster
Director
Yoshishige Yoshida
Cast
Mariko Okada as Nanako Shoda Kaizo Kamoda as Rikiya Shoda Kaneko Iwasaki as Atsuko Saegusa Toru Takeuchi as Yasuo Kiyoshi Naho Kimura as Jyoko Shinjo Yoshiaki Makita as Shu Taya
Crew
Motokichi Hasegawa — Director of Photography Hiroyuki Yasuoka — Editor Masahiro Yamada — Writer Yoshishige Yoshida — Producer Sei Okamura — Producer Hanae Mori — Costume Design
Synopsis

Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.

Trailer Heroic Purgatory — Official Trailer
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Key Collaborators
Yoshishige Yoshida Director Motokichi Hasegawa Director of Photography Hiroyuki Yasuoka Editor Masahiro Yamada Writer Yoshishige Yoshida Producer Sei Okamura Producer Hanae Mori Costume Design
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